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Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, a 1932 painting by Picasso depicting his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, fetched a world-record $106.48m (€82m) at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday night, The Times, London reported, citing Reuters.

The previous record for art sold at auction belonged to Giacometti’s Walking Man I, which was sold for $104.3m at Sotheby’s in London in February.